059th Metal . video & flood spam

[godsays]

[ video . backdated to Friday night . filtered from Jerry ]

I put the vampire in Zero. [ Zane doesn't appear injured at all. In fact, he barely appears ruffled. ]

I'm not his warden, but I suggest that you don't visit him and don't message him. Let him be bored.

I'm letting him out tomorrow morning, as Zero clearly isn't a permanent solution. It should be enough time for anyone who wants to put mountain ash in front of their cabin doors.

[ spam . the princeling ]

[ Zane is the somewhat-archetypal second son of a king; without the promise of inheritance, and with the shadow of scandal over his birth, he has gone out to seek his fortune. He travels with light armor and a sword, calm and quiet and determined.

He wanders through the Barge, and will help anyone who appears to need it, even if it's something as simple as helping a person carry a load of straw, even if it's as complex as offering defense against a monster. ]

Comments

[video - private]

[lydiascreams]

Thank you. For taking care of him and for buying us some time.

[video - private]

[godsays]

It would help if he didn't think it was so fun to antagonize your friends.

[video - private]

[lydiascreams]

Yes. He seems to have decided to make us his main target.

Stiles is okay, though. [This time.]

[video - private]

[godsays]

Opportunity. You're ones that he knows he can hurt.

But you all are wardens. You're not doing your job if you're letting an inmate control you.

[sssiiiiirrrrr]

[Hey fellow royalty! How do you like being shown off to by a lofty fey lord? Hopefully a lot, because by the look of the trees currently sprouting around you, there's showing off about to be done!]

Who is this, comes to pass this way? A prince, far from his kingdom?

[And lo! Horatio emerges from the brand new foliage. He's dressed in strange green robes, and the horns of a stag sprout from his head.]

Could he be lost? And in need of aid?

[he sounds very mysterious and smug! considering this is exactly the situation he's currently in.]

[godsays]

Not lost.

I just don't know where I am.

[ There's a difference. Because there's nowhere he should be, and he can take his time and wander. He wants to wander. He likes wandering.

He regards the fae with bright and curious eyes. And he bows - not deeply, but a gesture of respect. ]

Is this your forest?

[sssiiiiirrrrr]

All forests are my forest.

[And it's sort of true, in a way that is true of all Fae.]

I could give you aid, if you sought it. Answer me three riddles, and I shall answer three questions for you, but for each you fail, I shall give you an order that you cannot deny.

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[darknessb4me]

[That's not what Sylvanas' warden usually wears, and Arthas immediately assumes the most frustrating option because it's the Barge: it's that terrible foam sword flood again.]

So is that a toy, or do you know how to use it now?

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[godsays]

[ Now? The prince raises an eyebrow. ]

It must be a toy. I'm lucky I didn't think to hold it by the sharp end.

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[darknessb4me]

[Unaff...ected?]

Why are you dressed like that?

[Says the man in ridiculous skull armor.]

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[godsays]

Which part do you find objectionable?

[ Might as well clarify before answering. ]

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[walkingmeltdown]

[Blight's not much a fan of Zane, in general; but let's just say right about now he knows a thing or two about boredom. Besides, this is too important a subject.]

Only a day, really? Surely he's earned more than that.

[video - filter]

[godsays]

Not really.

[ Not by the standards of the Barge, anyway. In another place, a day would be laughable; here, a day is only so that tempers cool down and the people the vampire's targeted have a chance to prepare. ]

[video - filter]

[walkingmeltdown]

I warranted only a day after attempting to go on a rampage and being knocked unconscious by the warden I was trying to attack. Didn't the vampire successfully harm someone? And shows no sign of stopping?

[video - filter]

[godsays]

There's not a chart for stays in Zero.

[same filter]

[punched_hitler]

He could definitely do with a little boredom - but you're right. Zero's really not a permanent solution.

[Not only is it a bad idea in general, it defeats the purpose of the Barge.]

Vampires aren't my forte, though. I think we need someone whose it is - and it willing to keep an eye on him. Pretty constantly.

[same filter]

[godsays]

Not mine, either. We don't have anything like that in my world.

[same filter]

[punched_hitler]

I guess we'll all just have to make it up as we go.

[Maybe even the vampire, too.]

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[voluntaryapnea]

Thanks for taking care of it.

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[godsays]

You need to stop making it fun for him.

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[voluntaryapnea]

How exactly am I making it fun for him?

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[godsays]

All of you. You're taking it personally. Being afraid.

[private]

[theresalwayshope]

Maybe what Jerry needs to learn a lesson is a taste of his own mortality. The death toll might knock some sense into him.

[...Allison really wants Jerry dead, at the moment.]

[private]

[godsays]

You said you're not weak. Now's the time to prove it.

You're a warden.

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[theresalwayshope]

I'm a hunter. He's torturing the people I love the most, and all he'll get from time in Zero is to gloat or plot his next attack.

He thinks he has the power here. He doesn't. And I don't think he'll even consider actually working the program until he realizes that's not true.

[It's probably the only tiny, teeny kernel of actual unprejudiced reasoning in her train of thought, but yeah: she mostly just wants Jerry dead.]